Lucina

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Archaic A midwife.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In Roman mythology, the goddess who presided over childbirth, considered as a daughter of Jupiter and Juno, but frequently confused with Juno or with Diana. She corresponded more or less closely to the Greek goddes Eileithyia.

n. [N.L.] In zoology

n. The typical genus of Lucinidæ, having both lateral and cardinal teeth.

n. A genus of flies of the family Sciomyzidœ, containing two large gray European species resembling members of the genus Scatophaga.

n. A genus of orthopterous insects.

Etymologies

Latin Lūcīna, goddess of childbirth, from feminine of lūcīnus, light-bringing, from lūx, lūc-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

A pious lady called Lucina, admonished by the martyr in a vision, got it privately removed, and buried it in the catacombs, [3] at the entrance of the cemetery of Calixtus.